With this book, all one needs to know are the fundamental rules of chess and ordinary chess notation in order to gain a thorought understanding of the all-important opening game in its many variations. Simply, clearly, and with keen appreciation of the amateur's usual limitations. Internation Grandmaster Znosko-Borovsky explains the importance of rapid development of the pieces, occupation of the center, the relation of the opening to the general plan of the player, and the significiance of control of the center.